Sussex County Unincorporated

Buildings or structures shall be started, reconstructed, enlarged or altered only after a zoning permit has been obtained from the zoning administrator.

Land may be used or occupied and buildings structurally altered or erected may be used, or changed in use, only after a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the building official.

Where permitted by this chapter, the location of manufactured/mobile home parks, sanitary landfills, multi-family dwellings, livestock operations, adult entertainment establishments and other permitted uses shall require, in addition to the zoning permit and certificate of occupancy, a conditional use permit.

Where permitted by this chapter, the location of manufactured/mobile home parks, sanitary landfills, multi-family dwellings, livestock operations, adult entertainment establishments and other permitted uses shall require, in addition to the zoning permit and certificate of occupancy, a conditional use permit.

Whenever there shall be plans in existence, approved by either the state department of transportation or by the board of supervisors, for the widening of any street or highway, the commission may recommend additional front yard setbacks for any new construction or for any structures altered or remodeled adjacent to the future planned right-of-way, in order to preserve and protect the right-of-way for such proposed street or highway widening.

Whenever there shall be plans in existence, approved by either the state department of transportation or by the board of supervisors, for the widening of any street or highway, the commission may recommend additional front yard setbacks for any new construction or for any structures altered or remodeled adjacent to the future planned right-of-way, in order to preserve and protect the right-of-way for such proposed street or highway widening.

Wherever general advertising signs are permitted by this chapter, they shall be subject to the size, spacing and lighting regulations established by the commonwealth transportation board for such signs adjacent to non-freeway, federal-aid, primary routes.

Wherever general advertising signs are permitted by this chapter, they shall be subject to the size, spacing and lighting regulations established by the commonwealth transportation board for such signs adjacent to non-freeway, federal-aid, primary routes.

Structures to be erected on land to be developed in a RR-MH district shall be for the following uses: 1. Manufactured/mobile home park, minor. ... Density not exceed three per gross acre. ... Minimum lot size 5,000 sq ft. ... One off-street parking space per lot.

Any lawful use, building or structure existing at the time of enactment of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, may be continued, as herein provided, even though such use, building or structure may not conform with the provisions of this chapter for the district in which it is located.

Any lot of record as of November 15, 2007, which is less in area or width than the minimum required by this chapter, may be used for a permitted use of the district in which it is located provided the setback provisions of the zoning district in which it is located can be met.

Any lot of record as of November 15, 2007, which is less in area or width than the minimum required by this chapter, may be used for a permitted use of the district in which it is located provided the setback provisions of the zoning district in which it is located can be met.

If a nonconforming activity is destroyed or damaged in any manner, to the extent that the cost of restoration to its condition before the occurrence shall exceed 50 percent of the cost of reconstructing the entire activity or structure, it shall be restored only upon the issuance of a special use permit by the zoning administrator, with approval of the board of zoning appeals.

If a nonconforming activity is destroyed or damaged in any manner, to the extent that the cost of restoration to its condition before the occurrence shall exceed 50 percent of the cost of reconstructing the entire activity or structure, it shall be restored only upon the issuance of a special use permit by the zoning administrator, with approval of the board of zoning appeals.

When the planned unit development is a mixture of uses, no more than eight percent of the tract may be devoted to commercial activities, no more than 12 percent of the tract to industrial activities.

A minimum of ten percent of the land developed in any planned unit development project shall be reserved for common open space and recreational facilities for the residents or users of the area being developed.

Underground utilities, including telephone and electrical systems, are required within the limits of all planned unit developments.

Lot area per dwelling unit may be reduced by not more than 60 percent of the minimum lot area required in the official schedule of district regulations.

In areas where townhouses are used, there shall be no more than eight townhouse units in any contiguous group.

For each foot of building height over the maximum height regulations specified elsewhere in this chapter, the distance between such buildings and the side and rear property lines of planned unit development project area shall be increased by a one-foot addition to the side and rear yard required in the district.